Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 19 March 1943 — Page 25

SPORTS...

) By Eddie Ash

: RAY STARR, always the optimist, is following his usual course of training at the Cincinnati Reds’ Bloomington camp. . .. When the veteran pitcher reported to the Indianapolis club in the spring of 1941 at Bartow, Fla., he caused his new mates’ eyes to pop by throwing hard the first day in camp. “Want the old arm to get sore right away, then work it out,”

| Bald Ray. ...“And the same goes for my legs,” he said.

_ Starr “ached all over” in no time and he was the first Tribe pitcher to round into top form. ... He pitched the Tribe's A. A. opener, won it, and then became the Indians’ ace, winning 20 games that season. Now he’s following the same program at Bloomington. , . . Ray thinks the Reds have a great chance to win the pennant this year, .. basing his opinion on the Cincinnati mound corps and the swift . combination around the keystone, Eddie Miller at short and Lonnie . Frey at second. . « . Miller is the swiftie obtained from the Boston

Starr also points out that the other National league clubs have been weakened through the military draft whereas the Reds have Jost only one key player, Catcher Lamanno, who has been replaced by Ray Mueller, a seasoned backstop.

Baseball Gloom Lifts in St. Paul

. THE ST. PAUL American association club is well pleased with training camp facilities at Richmond, Ind., and is lining up an exhibition schedule. .. . Games at Indianapolis and Louisville have been booked and other dates are sought with Minneapolis, Pittsburgh, Ball State Teachers college and Earlham college. The White Sox have promised to send a catcher to the Apostles d perhaps a couple of pitchers. . . « The gloom over baseball in St. Paul has lifted. ; 8 ¥ =» FE Ee

DEE MOORE, former Indianapolis catcher, probably will start the 1943 season as third string receiver for the Brooklyn Dodgers, now that Billy Sullivan is out of the game for the duration. ... Other Dodger catchers are Mickey Owen and Ray Hayworth. "The New York Yankees are on short training rations at the Asbury, N. J. spring camp. . . . Manager Joe McCarthy is opposed to indoor training and the weather has been none too good for outdoor workouts. The principal of the high school at Lakewood, N. J, the New York Giants’ camp, reported 84 absentees the day the Giants started

training.

‘Army Moves in on Fordham Sports .

JACK COFFEY, Fordham athletics director, is doubtful if the Rams will have a varsity football team for 1943 as the army is mov= ing in at the university. . . . Only undergrads who are under 18 or those taking pre-med or who have been rejected for the draft will be available for the Fordham grid squad. . ” 8 2 # 2 8

s ANSWER TO QUERY: The pro boxing champions in 1918 be- ~ fore and after the world war I armistice were Jess Willard, heavy‘weight; Battling Levinsky, light heavyweight; Mike O'Dowd, middle= ; Ted Lewis, welterweight; Benny Leonard, "lightweight? Kilbane, featherweight; Pete Herman, bantamweight; a py , Mason, Ft. Wayne, Ind., flyweight. . . . Levinsky won the light heavy title from Jack Dillon, Indianapolis, in Boston, 1918. | Kids to Storm City Tomorrow fb a YOUNG AMERICA goes on parade in Indianapolis tomorrow | when the high school basketballers take over at the state fairgrounds . eolistum. . . . The tourney finals—the Big Four—are here. Hig Boy and girl rooters from out in the state are preparing to storm "the city. . . . Batesville, occupying the underdog role, rules as the “people’s choice.” , , , Most frenzied rooter delegation probably will be from Bedford. ... But Central of Ft. Wayne and Lebanon will receive plenty of hometown backing. . « » Ft. Wayne is the “experts” choice to be crowned the new champ. 8 8 8 : 8 8 =

TRAVEL CONDITIONS made necessary the record number of ‘open dates in the major league schedules this year. ... Clubs are given extra time so they can travel by day. . .. Night jumps are to ‘be held to a minimum. . . . A record number of double-headers are scheduled. : And there will, of course, be many more twin bills that don’t appear on the schedules. . . . There nevei has been a season when games were not necessarily postponed on account of weather conditions. , . , Single-game attendance will take a drop.... The ‘fans naturally will wait for the bargain days.

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Two of Indiana’s“greatest prep basketball stars of the current season will jump for the opening tip-

championship tournament-—Pete Mount of Lebanon and John Bren-

Brennan and the Stonecutters have had their share of growing

Holmes has succeeded in teaching a peak with his youths just at tournament time. This system usually is regarded as more successful than aiming to win all year, thereby inviting undue “pressure” during the playoffs. Holmes’ Key Man

Brennan, 6-foot-4 center, has developed into Holmes’ key man, even though he is playing his first year of basketball. Like his brother Tommy, now at Notre Dame, Brennan did not go out for the team until his senior year because he had to handle his paper route. An older brother, Jim, never played high school ball but was voted a best all-round player in an industrial league the year following his graduation. ; The Brennans were all late getting started, but once moving, they couldn’t be stopped. To further retard his progress this year, John injured an ankle against Jasper in the second game of the season. He played in only 14 contests, but racked up 204 points, giving rise to the opponents’ cry “stop Brennan and stop Bedford.”

No One-Man Team

Holmes does not have a one-man team, however. There is Bob Bellush and Warren Wagner, forwards and Viv Simmons and Charley Beretta, guards. Beretta also is the last of his clan, brother of Fred of the famous “Glory Road” Bedford team and later captain of Purdue, and Loris of the 1931 and 1932 Stonecutters. During the season, Wagner scored 118 points in 16 games; Simmons scored 79 in 18 games; Bellush 73 in 18 and Beretta 64 in 18. : After losing six of its first 12 games, Bedford caught fire and won its last six contests, ending the regular season with 12 wins and six defeats. Its path to the finals has been comparatively hard, with Jeffersonville, Evansville Central and Jasper the chief victims, : Mount, 6-foot-1 center with an unruly blond forelock, is only a junior but is playing his third year of competition. He averaged better than 15 points by scoring 121 ‘in eight tourney games. With a short team of speed} merchants, Coach Paul (Butch){

up a season record of 13 victories and four defeats, losing to Anderson, Jefferesonville, Crawfordsville and a mediocre Indianapolis Shortridge team. Principal tourney victims were Frankfort, Rochester and Gary Wallace. he Chiefly accountable for the Tigers’ boom in the tourneys is the fact that they bettered their offensive average by almost 10 points per game. The season scoring mark was 38.8, which was boosted to 47.6 in the playoffs. : “ia Ably backgrounding Mount are forwards Ralph Houser and Bob Agan, and guards Dave Laflin and Herbert Helms. Bob Truitt, another

Trackmen to

Honor Borican

CHICAGO, March 19 (U. PJ). —The winner of the 1000-yard race in the Chicago relays tomorrow night will receive an award in memory of the late John Borican, great Negro track star of Asbury Park, N. J. Borican, who died last December, twice won the 1000-yard event here. The award in his honor will be . an original painting by Bob Hodgell, University of Wisconsin athlete who will compete in the relays. .

Koverly, Roche

Dorve (Iron Man) Roche of Decatur, Ill, has been chosen .to oppose George (K. 0.) Koverly of Los Angeles in headline action on the armory wrestling card next Tuesday night. ;

beaten Kovérly near the first of the season. Their two previous encounters have been “roof raisers” and armory patrons are promised another “thriller” when the pair meets for the third time. It is a “hero vs. villian” tussle, with Dorve being popular with local fans, while Koverly goes in for rough and tricky tactics, : The first Indianapolis appearance of Morris Shapiro, a Jewish grappler fron New York, will serve as lan added attraction. Shapiro is touted as a skilled performer with an ou record in eastern mat circles. He is a junior heavy.

Decide Tourney Finalists in the city basbetbll tournament at ‘the Northwest community center will be decided to=

Lukas-Harold at 7:30 o'clock and International Harvester faces LaPal diab 52) Hour later. The Wii

off of Saturday’s 33d annual state|

It will be a rubber match between] the two powerful heavyweights.| |Dorve was edged out in a close one ‘there several weeks ago. He had

night when Curtiss-Wright oproses|

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Ray Chambers, Robert Mugg, Lewton Ronald, Assistant Coach Herbert Banet. (Back row, left to right), Tom Shopoff, Murray Mendenhall Jr., Bob Doty, Bob Vankyn, Bob Armstrong, Jim Blanks, Charles Stanski, Ed Lindenberg. non :

Gilliam, ‘Coach Paul W. Neuman, Herbert Helms, Charles Wheeler, Jack Hicks, student manager. ; (Rear row, left to right), Ralph Houser, Bob Truitt, Pete Mount, Bob Agan, Dave Laflin.

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BATESVILLE—{Front row, left fo right), Robert Beck, Roland Moorman, Charles Fritsch, John

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—Night Game— 8:00—Winner at 1:30 vs. Winner at 2:30. Place—Coliseum, State Fair Grounds. Probable Attendance—11,000. Broadcasts—WFBM, WISH, WIBC, WIRE.

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